November Chapter Meeting Tomorrow

7 pm zoom meeting, COP30 action, Happy Thanksgiving!

November Chapter Meeting- On Oceans

Join us November 19th at 7pm on Zoom

Our guest speaker is Bill Gorham, a marine biologist and climate reality leader.

Chapter Updates and general discussion will follow the presentation.

 Our oceans have absorbed the bulk of the heat trapped in the past 150 years and much of the CO2, and it’s fortunate that they have otherwise our planet would be uninhabitable. Bill Gorham will discuss the physical, chemical, and biological changes that we have already seen and are projected to increase in the absence of action on climate. Many effects are interrelated and several tipping points are close to being or have been exceeded, possibly irrevocably. More info here.

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Future Meetings: Our last Chapter meeting of 2025 is Wednesday Dec. 17. 2026.
In 2026, Chapter meetings will be third Tuesday.

Keep Big Oil Out of COP30

As you may know, COP30 is entering its second week in Belém, Brazil. This annual event convenes representatives from across the world to develop solutions to the climate crisis, yet there are over 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists present at the summit this year. By infiltrating these critical climate negotiations, Big Oil is seeking to derail our climate progress and keep us locked into their dirty fuels for decades to come. We cannot let this happen—we need a just transition to clean energy, and we need it NOW!
That’s why The Climate Reality Project is sending a letter to COP30 country delegations demanding they keep dirty fossil fuel lobbyists out of their negotiations this week, and we need as many signatures as we can get.

If you want to keep polluters out of our climate negotiations, add your signature here

Image by Joanna Wendel: Happy Thanksgiving with turkey, potatoes, green beans, & pie slice
Article by Lynne Haroun, Climate Friendly Foods Lead

What does Thanksgiving bring to mind in your home? It might be gratitude for the harvest, the coming together of family and friends, and of course, the traditional foods that appear on your table. But as you're planning for your festivities do you think about Food Waste? Probably not, but here is why you should. 

Over 300 million pounds of food will be wasted in the US this Thanksgiving – enough food to provide about five meals for each of the over 10 million households experiencing food insecurity. And, when food goes to waste, all the resources that were used to produce the discarded food are wasted, including energy, labor, water, and land. Think of wasted food as putting “Cash in the Trash”. And finally, it is estimated that the greenhouse gases associated with the US food system account for over 30 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions.

So before preparing your feast this year, think about how you can waste less food.  Some food waste reduction tips include:

  • Planning ahead and purchasing just the amount of food you’ll need.

  • Visit https://savethefood.com/ for helpful information on how to reduce food waste, and on the same website find the “Guest-imator,” a calculator that estimates how much food you will need to feed your guests. Just tell it who is coming to dinner, and it will tell you just how much food to prepare.

  • Use smaller plates, utensils, serving platters, etc. ─ so people don’t feel compelled to overfill their plate.

  • Share your leftovers, by providing a fun “take home” package for guests in reusable containers.

  • Compost if you can. (Check your city's rules for what goes in the green bin!)

  • And of course, donate any leftover nonperishable items to local food shares and community kitchens.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and thank you for doing your part to reduce food waste.

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